The government of Mauritius has long argued that ... and in the media – even landing and planting a flag on the archipelago ...

claimed it by planting and flying a Mauritius flag and reading a presidential message. The British government was quick to response reaffirming its sovereignty over the islands, which have been ...

We are about to haul down the flag, casting doubt on a major Western ... the Chagos were administered by Mauritius, then a British colony, until the Cold War, when the U.S. and U.K. decided ...